Echo vs Dissonant.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Echo
Connect with fellow music lovers to rank albums and songs, build a personalized music profile, and discover new tracks. Engage with friends and earn achievements for your musical taste.
- Rank albums and songs
- Connect with friends
- Discover new music
- Build music profile
- Engagement-driven achievements
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Echo is a social network for music enthusiasts to rank albums, songs, connect with friends, discover music, and build their music profile through engagement-driven achievements. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Dissonant.
Discover music beyond algorithmic playlists by receiving curated physical albums delivered to your door. This service connects you with a community of music lovers and offers a unique way to engage with albums.
- Physical album discovery
- Curated album selections
- Album delivery service
- Community of music lovers
- Secondhand albums
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Music discovery through physical media. Sick of algorithm playlists? When was the last time you sat down and truly engaged with a great album? Tell us about your taste. We want to get to know you as a human, not as a statistic in an algorithm. Our music-loving curators will pick out an album they think you'll love and ship it right to your door. All albums are secondhand and are constantly being scavenged from all around the United States. We hope you'll join the world's cheapest album club/community! -Dissonant
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dissonant. at none against Echo's 2. Dissonant. also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 83%). Echo's advantage is ratings volume (2.1K vs 98). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Echo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Dissonant. asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Echo against 4.9 for Dissonant.. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echo has 2.1K ratings behind it against 98, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Echo's written reviews are positive against 94% of Dissonant.'s.
Echo ships an update fortnightly, Dissonant. every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Echo | Dissonant. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (2.1K ratings) | 4.9 (98 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.7% of reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 98 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Echo Social, Inc | Hunter White |
Customer experience
Echo
Dissonant.
In-app purchases
Echo
- Echo Plus (Monthly)$4.991 Month
- Echo Plus (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Dissonant.
No in-app purchases
